provocative
Example Sentences
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There, we see Ms. Smith experimenting with poetry and music and Mapplethorpe emerging as a provocative visual artist, each tapping into the electric scene that was downtown Manhattan in the late 1960s and ’70s.
Such claims may be provocative even to readers favorably inclined to the book’s other arguments.
In her post, Madonna revealed that she had always been a fan of Emin's "extremely personal and provocative work".
From BBC
I like being provocative, I like being controversial.
From Los Angeles Times
Ye, the provocative rapper formerly known as Kanye West, explains himself once again — this time in a full-page ad in Monday’s issue of the Wall Street Journal.
From Los Angeles Times
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